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My latest victory in rejecting retail purchases and discovering...Secondhand Smarts. Last time, we met cast iron. Today, we return to the kitchen.

See the sad and lonely Pyrex lid.

Its mate, my most favourite and often used Corningware 2.5L casserole dish, slipped from careless hands to a sad end a few seasons ago. (A moment of silence, if you please.)

Unable to move on (emotionally, you understand) to a replacement, this sad lid has remained unused in a drawer, getting in the way. Only once did it come out - trying to partner with a cast iron skillet...and failing.

Will it end its days as merely clutter?

The Corningware 1.6L casserole dish has been on active duty ever since the loss of its bigger sibling. Bravely though it tries, it is not the same. I cannot make enough Mexican bean tortilla casserole to satisfy the hungries at our Second Saturday Vegan Potluck. I simply cannot.